Academia Advocate History 
Insight Into Diversity
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Throughout its history, higher education in the U.S. Although Black History Month was federally designated in 1986, similar weekly and monthly celebrations had already existed for more than 50 years. Throughout history, some activists who were for Black liberation found their homes in the academy.”.
HEPI
JUNE 27, 2024
Chan, Head of Professional Development and Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong, advocates for mandatory work experiences for academics. This symbiotic relationship between academia and industry ensures that educational curricula remain relevant and rooted in reality, aligning with the workforce’s dynamic needs.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 16, 2024
It coincided with HRC’s HBCU Out Loud Day, which takes place the third Wednesday of October during LGBTQ History Month. Unquestionably, the past 40 years have brought many steps forward in terms of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer rights, visibility, and consciousness, but in academia it is still a work in progress.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
People outside of academia may be better positioned to evaluate the impact of candidate’s scholarship. · Carefully assess why disconnects occur between external and internal evaluators. The very people evaluating minoritized faculty may be those who have subjected them to overt bias or disrespect.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 15, 2023
Following her retirement as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in July 2022, Jackson continued to have an impact on academia, industry, and public service. A tragic moment in history propelled the theoretical physicist’s decision to attend MIT for graduate school and to bring about meaningful change as a leader. “I
University Business
MARCH 14, 2023
Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S. Jenkins is set to become Bates College’s first Black president in its 168-year history. Treasury Department and the Council of Economic Advisors. More from UB: Surprising K12 enrollment declines are trickling up into higher ed Garry W. Jenkins, Bates College (Lewiston, Maine) Garry W.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 29, 2024
White males that were very nice to me,” she says, adding that many of them became her best advocates and mentors. Chua, she says, was able to point out to Rabinovich that her curiosity and questions would be a good fit for academia. in history after graduating from Yale. But it made me terrified to speak at faculty meetings.
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